General noncompliance with the privacy, security, and transaction regulations result in in $100 fine per violation, up to $25,000 per violation for identical violations in a calendar year. Specific to the Privacy Rule , a $50,000 fine and imprisonment for one year for intentional disclosures.
The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the soviets had nuclear base on the island of Cuba, and was in the process of supplying it with more arms. The USA surrounded the island with ships, and said to the USSR leader, if you cross our ships you will be shot.